Understanding Learning and Teaching: The Experience in Higher Education

Prosser, Michael/ Trigwell, Keith

ISBN 10: 0335198317 / ISBN 13: 9780335198313

Published by Open Univ Pr, 1999

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203 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Learning and Teaching: The Experience in Higher Education
• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335198317
• ISBN 13: 9780335198313
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.36 kilograms

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Synopsis

How can university teachers improve the quality of student learning? Prosser and Trigwell argue that the answer lies in determining how students perceive their unique learning situations. In doing so they draw upon the considerable body of educational research into student learning in higher education which has been developed and published over the past three decades; and they enable university teachers to research and improve their own teaching.

This book outlines the key principles underlying successful teaching and learning in higher education, and is a key resource for all university teachers.

About the Author

Michael Prosser is Professor and Director of the Academic Development Unit at La Trobe University in Australia. He has taught and researched in universities in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. He has been professionally engaged in research in teaching and learning in higher education for over 15 years. He taught physics in universities for over 25 years.

Keith Trigwell is Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Learning and Teaching at the University of Technology, Sydney. He taught chemistry to students at the University of Western Australia and the Open University in the UK before shifting to an academic development role with Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia in 1984. His research has focused on student learning, teaching and leadership in universities.